The strong winds continue mainly on the mountain slopes, while in the south of the municipality the situation is, as reported by the Fire Department coordinator, clearly better
The fire fronts in Agios Vasilios Rethymnon, which flared up at noon on Monday, are being fully controlled. At this time there are small outbreaks and intermittent small flare-ups in which the fire brigade intervenes immediately.
The strong winds continue mainly on the mountain slopes, while in the south of the municipality the situation is, as reported by the Fire Department coordinator, clearly better.
Winds prevailed yesterday, which reached up to 10 Beaufort which gave thermal breath to the ashes with the result that, in Krya Vrysi, Shakturia, Melampes and Agios Georgios, the fronts of the fire grew in a very short time.
At this time the picture is, according to information from APE BEE, much better, despite the fact that the winds continue to blow in the area. Twenty-five vehicles and 110 firefighters fought throughout the night to protect residential areas and settlements. Homes and other facilities are not at risk.
Aerial vehicles have not yet taken off, while yesterday until sunset the possibility of dropping water from helicopters was limited, due to the stormy winds, with the result that the main burden of firefighting had been undertaken by the ground forces with firefighters, volunteers and pedestrian units , which penetrated the difficult points of the fire fronts.
Citizens and municipal authorities are now speaking much more strongly about arson and an organized plan, with the mayor of Agios Vassiliou, Yiannis Tatarakis, stating to APE – BEE that “…at the time when the ELGA inspections were starting and the firefighters were putting out small rekindling fires, new fires they were showing up and disrupting the firefighting forces by breaking up the firefighting fronts. My thoughts now turn to organized crime and organized arson.” The municipal Authority has taken a decision not to allow any piece of burnt land to be built on and also that ‘Agios Vasilios’ will come alive again no matter how many people try to create problems.
At this time the situation in the wider area is much better in terms of the suffocating atmosphere that existed in the previous hours. The deputy regional governor Maria Lioni was once again on the frontlines of the fires, expressing her anxiety, as she told the Athens Agency, for the future of the people living in the villages of Agios Vasilios, which were hit for the 3rd time by the fiery front, in 2001. in 2015 and today.
“There is a need for immediate intervention by the prime minister himself to heal the wounds, plan for tomorrow and strengthen the struggle of the residents to be able to respond to the daily issues that concern their survival.”
Regarding two more fronts of fire that occurred, one in the location of Ampelaki and the second in the village of Kare and both in the unit of the municipality of Rethymno, they were immediately controlled with the contribution of the firefighting forces and the two helicopters, which were not operating in those hours on the large front of municipality of Agios Vasilios due to the stormy winds. Later, the fires were brought under complete control without endangering houses or property and the fire in Ampelaki is in complete remission while the fire in Kares is under complete control.
The fire in Kares is controlled by 7 vehicles of the fire department with 25 firefighters and 10 people in the pedestrian sections. The fire burned 30 acres of agricultural land and 35 acres of grassland.
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